Source link The Ukrainian president no longer listens to his old friends, Boris Shefir told US state media The co-founder of Vladimir Zelensky’s former comedy troupe has condemned the Ukrainian president’s crackdown on the Russian language and culture, telling US state media that he “can’t watch Pushkin’s monuments being destroyed” in his country. Boris Shefir […]
Source link A new intelligence DEI newsletter urges officials against using terms such as ‘blacklisting’ or ‘sanity check’, Fox News reports The US intelligence community’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) Office has released a new internal newsletter featuring recommendations on the language that security personnel should avoid in their work, Fox News reported on […]
Source link The voters rejected the proposal to expand the definition of families and the role of women Irish voters have overwhelmingly rejected the proposal to revise the definition of families in the country’s conservative constitution and remove the mention of women’s “duties in the home.” Both the government and opposition parties have argued that […]
Source link Authorities are urging the population to make the reports in a bid to de-Russify the country Complaints about the use of the Russian language in Ukraine increased 30% last year, as the country’s authorities encourage the population to report such cases in a bid to protect Ukraine from Russian influence. According to the […]
Source link Researchers say ‘neural network’ has dominated search engine queries and gained prominence in the press and on social media The Russian Language Pushkin Institute has ruled ‘neutral network’ as its word of 2023 after analyzing search engine data, media reports, and social media trends. The researchers said artificial intelligence has stepped out of […]
Source link The project’s aim is to increase collaboration between Russian and Malian educational organizations A Russian language and culture center was launched at the University of Literature and Humanities (ULSHB) in Bamako, Mali on Wednesday. Called Russian Space, the center was organized in a collaboration between ULSHB and the Patrice Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship University […]
Source link The Council of Ministers has approved the move in an amendment to the constitution An amendment to Burkina Faso’s constitution granting local languages official status, while dropping French and making it a working language, was approved by the Council of Ministers on Wednesday. The minister of justice and human rights, Edasso Rodrigue Bayala, […]
Source link The community “wants nothing to do with the Russian language,” the deputy head of the Society of the Deaf told the media The Ukrainian Society of the Deaf has set up a committee to eradicate Russian components of the sign language used in the country, the Kyiv Independent has reported. The commission is […]
Source link Teachers from Mordovia region gave master classes at the Open Education Center in the North African country Tunisia has become the first country in North Africa to officially recognize Russian as a supplementary language in secondary education, TASS news agency reported on Monday, citing the head of the Russian Center for Science and […]